OSPS (onestopphoneshop) Cashback Discussion.

Sybarite

Indeed MJ, I sit corrected. My new contracts are also 6th month/1st claim. Just had 3x chequeback from OSPS - 2x final ones of contract. They do payout as long as you observe T&C to the letter and are prepared to be forceful if you know you're in the right and have the relevant details to support your position, should they try to deny a claim.

Overall I'd say the experience has been a reasonable one and saved me £760 p/y so worth the time and hassle faffing about with royal mail, copying bills etc......

I've mentioned this to a few of my friends, but their general consensus is that they'd always miss the claim dates, can't be bothered with the admin and are generally happy to pay £35 p/m - seems crazy to me; £760 is a lot of fun vouchers saved.

mobilejunkie

I agree. However, we at least know what we're doing - most haven't a clue (still judging by recent posts on some of these threads). Of course, if they did it would be the worse for the likes of thee and me. My friends and family rely on me to get theirs right - they generally now have several of these deals each - and I do. Still find it odd anyone's willing to actually pay for a phone or airtime though. On the other hand, I do advise people not to do these deals unless they really know what they're doing so I suppose that's a bit hypocritical. What - moi??

magic

Does anyone have any recent experience with the autocashback from OSPS? Any problems with them paying out

mobilejunkie

Try reading the thread(s) on E2Save.

Sybarite

mobilejunkie wrote: »

I agree. However, we at least know what we're doing - most haven't a clue (still judging by recent posts on some of these threads). Of course, if they did it would be the worse for the likes of thee and me. My friends and family rely on me to get theirs right - they generally now have several of these deals each - and I do. Still find it odd anyone's willing to actually pay for a phone or airtime though. On the other hand, I do advise people not to do these deals unless they really know what they're doing so I suppose that's a bit hypocritical. What - moi??

My perspective really - my only niggle is that I have to 'bounce' by number - which i've now had for 10years - to a paygo sim for a week or two if I want to take advantage of the cashback deals with the same network provider. It always seems silly to me that they don't offer me the equivalent cashback deal when I'm giving notice.

And why have all the generous Orange cashbacks dried up?

mobilejunkie

Probably because the great crusade put pressure on the networks to ban cashback deals and that (in turn) led to them pulling the plug - which in turn was the last straw for some of the dealers who subsequently went bust. Orange now ultruistically ditch dealers who pay more cashback than they get in commission (at least, in theory). Well done the fanatics! Fortunately, there are better networks...!

semelak1

Terms and conditions:
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6 Months FREE by redemption on Virgin £15 SIM Only
Send your claim in line with the Cashback Claim Process below and we will credit you by cheque with £30.00 each time.
This will save you £90.00 over the 6 month duration of the contract. In effect this means that your average line rental
per month over the contract period is £0.00 per month.
Please note: the above calculations are based on the basic line rental of the tariff and do not include itemised billing.
Terms & Conditions:
Download our Cashback Claim Form - click here
PLEASE NOTE: Downloading our Cashback Form requires you to have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer.
Download here FREE
Cashback Claim Process:
Instalment 1 - You will need to claim 2 months from connection and you have 30 days from this date to submit your claim. Send us
your claim form and monthly bill showing your name, address, mobile number and tariff you are connected to. (This bill must be no
older than 28 days when we receive it and have no balance brought forward.)
i.e. if you purchased on the 1st of January 2007, you need to send in the bill that is dated around the 1st March 2007, and you will
have until the 30th March 2007 to do so. This is 60 days (2 months) after connection.
Instalment 2 - You will need to claim 4 months from connection and you have 30 days from this date to submit your claim. Send us
your claim form and monthly bill showing your name, address, mobile number and tariff you are connected to. (This bill must be no
older than 28 days when we receive it and have no balance brought forward.)
Instalment 3 - You will need to claim 6 months from connection and you have 30 days from this date to submit your claim. Send us
your claim form and monthly bill showing your name, address, mobile number and tariff you are connected to. (This bill must be no
older than 28 days when we receive it and have no balance brought forward.)
Please note: You will be required to send your bills within defined date ranges based on the date your handset was connected and
despatched. When you place a successful order these dates will be detailed in ‘your account’ linked on our website
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Quentin

You need to go down the LBA and MCOL route.

Your only minor mistake (which doesn't affect the validity of your claim), appears to have bee sending both first and second bills, when only the second was required.

semelak1

Quentin wrote: »

You need to go down the LBA and MCOL route.

Your only minor mistake (which doesn't affect the validity of your claim), appears to have bee sending both first and second bills, when only the second was required.

How/what should I answer when they say I was too early when sending the the form ?

Quentin

You were within the permitted "window".

It is their interpretation of what "you have 30 days from this date to submit your claim" that is in question.

You did submit within the stated time allowed.